Cigarette Box Slide Lid Mechanism for Visual Appeal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cigarette boxes lack innovative opening and closing mechanisms that enhance user motivation and visual appeal, leading to a stale design that does not effectively increase buying motivation.
Innovation Solution
A cigarette box with a slide lid that reciprocates along the breadth of the box body, providing a novel opening and closing mechanism, and a blank set for forming the box, including an inner and outer case with a side opening for the slide lid, which enhances user interaction and appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a conventional hinged lid package is used, then the package structure is simple and familiar to users, but the package lacks visual attraction and user buying motivation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing the static hinged lid with a slide lid that moves horizontally along guide rails. This dynamic opening mechanism transforms the package from a familiar static structure to an engaging interactive experience, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and visual attraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements another dimension principle by changing the opening direction from the traditional vertical hinge rotation to horizontal sliding motion. This dimensional change creates a novel user interaction mode that enhances visual appeal while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standardized sliding components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a slide lid mechanism is implemented, then user buying motivation and visual appeal are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the lid system into distinct components: the slide lid itself, guide rails for motion control, and stoppers for position limitation. This segmentation manages complexity by creating modular, independently manufacturable parts that assemble into a cohesive mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses guide rails as an intermediary element between the slide lid and box body, enabling smooth horizontal motion while simplifying the connection mechanism. The stoppers act as intermediaries to define operational limits without requiring complex locking systems, thus enhancing user appeal while controlling device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the slide lid is allowed to reciprocate freely, then opening and closing operation is convenient, but the slide lid may come off the box body
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by incorporating stoppers that preemptively prevent the slide lid from exceeding its operational range. These stoppers are positioned to contact the slide lid before it can detach, providing a simple yet effective retention solution that maintains operational convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses dynamic retention through stoppers that engage only when the slide lid reaches its operational limits. During normal reciprocating motion, the slide lid moves freely for convenient operation, but the stoppers activate dynamically to prevent detachment, thus balancing ease of operation with reliability.
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AI summary
A cigarette box has a box body (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and a slide lid (6) attached to cover an upper portion of the box body (2), where the slide lid (6) is allowed to reciprocate along the breadth of the box body (2) to open and close the access opening (4).